f onibria Freeman.
L'DCXSDIJHG, I .4.
Thchsdat Mousing, : 1'V.b. 3, 1870.
Tub twu Senators from Virginia, Messrs
Liwis and Johnston, who were elected last
6uremer. have been qualified and taken their
seats. The members of the House from that
State hare also been sworn in, with the ex
ception of two, whose seats are contested.
A bii.l has been introduced into the Leg
islature to repeal that section of the R.'gis
trj Lav of the last session which abolished
the Spring elections. There onght to be jv
obstacle interposed to its passage, nor dn we
anticipate any. The change of the ancient
orde" of 1 1 i gs was done hastily, and with
out rt -flection, and a the universal sentiment
of the people is against it, there ought to be
no diG'.cuMy in cotuii g back to the point of
depa; tare.
A rrTiHON ha been received at Wash
ington, from son e of the inhabitants of the
Fe -iff Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean.
risking thr- G vtrt.meiit of the United S ates
to extend its protection over them. This
request is entirely too modest. The one
hundred and fifty islands firming the group,
with a population of 200.000, ought to be
annexed to this glorious and progressive
Union at the earliest possible moment.
Thalcmbaw is the King if the Islands, and
has bi eye on a seat in the United States
Senate. He would make a first class radi
cal Senator. And then how pleasant it
would sound to hear the elegant Sumner in
debate refer to this unwashed potentate as
"the Senator from the Fiejee Ilands."
Foster and Covcde,
From the boasting and confident tone of
the Washington dispatches, for the last two
weeks, to ti e radical press, we were pre
pared for the announcement that the Com
mittee on Elections had decided that "Alli
gator" John Covode was entitled to his seat,
as having been legally elected frt in the
Westmoreland district, I5y what improved
process in aiithmetic this resu't has been ar
rived at we have no means of judging, not
having seen the tcpert of the (on. mi l tec; nor
is it at all material. The conduct, or rather
.the acts, of this ladical Committee on Elec
lions for the last three years prove incontes
tibly that no democrat, however plain his
case n.ay be, can ever hope to retain his
peat against his radical contestant, and that
n democrat contestant against the right i f a
radical sitting member has no earthly chance
of sueccs, although his case may be as clear
as the noon t'ay sun.
The decision of the committee in the con
tested elections of Dan. Voothees. of Indiana,
three years ago. of Gen. Morgan, of Ohio,
nnd of Col. SwitzYr. of Missouri, not to
mention several other cases, established the
fact that the Committee was organized for
the sole purpose of admitting every radical
to his Mat, whether he was elected or not.
and of excluding every democrat, no matter
how decided was his majority. So far as the
Committee was concerned, it acted on the
cne-fiiled principle of the old game, "heads
I win and (ails you lose." So fltsrant has
been the action of this Committee, so one
sided and partisan hare been its decisions,
that only a few days ago the democratic
mtmbers of Congms held a consultation for
the purpose of dccidirg,.whether a sense of
self respect did not demand the withdrawal
of the two democratic metnbeis who are on
th' Committee. It was determined, unwise
ly as we think, that they should remain at
tl'. ir post.
The next victim of the wrath of this Com
mittee will probably be the gallant General
Shields, of Missouri, the only Northern offi
cer who CTjoys the honor of having defeated
Stonewall Jackson in a square fiht. Gen.
Shields was ns fairly elected as Daniel J.
Morrell, but his devotion to the democratic
p-irty is :in m pardonable sin in radical esti
mation. Col SwitzYr, of the same State,
likewise a Union soldier, will doubtless share
the same fate, although fairly and honestly
elected. The political guillotine is now in
full operation, and democratic head roll
rap-Mly into the radical ba.-ket. There is.
however, such a thing as political retribu
tion in this world, which will eventually
make all things even.
THE VIRGINIA BILL..
The radical mountain has been in labor
since the meetirg of Congress, and has
brought forth an act for the admission of
Virginia which act has received the signa
ture of the President. The law u steeped
in wrong and infamy, which is not at all
singular when it is known that at its birth
Bet Butler acted the part of Congressional
midwife. In his message to the present Con
gress, President Grant used the following
expressive language :
"In Virginia the elecMon took plieo on the
f.th of Jnly. 1S'"9 ; il e Governor and Lieuten
nnt Governor elected have been installed ; the
"Legislature met nnd did till that was rrqu'red
bv this resolution at d hv all the reconstruction
nets of Congress, and abstained from undoubt
ful authority I recommend that her Senators
and Representatives be from ily i.dmiited to
their seats, and that the State be fully restored
to its place in tbc family of States "
In pursuance of ibis recommendation, the
House passed a bill, known as tho Bingham
bill, for the unconditional admission of the
State, and sent it to the Senate. Tin's was
dote daring Butler's absence, and on his re
turn, breathing wrath and vennear.ee, he
established his headquarters in the Senate
Chamber, and there by sheer dint of his un
equalled impudence bullied the extreme rad
icals of tLat body into voting amendments
and conditions to Ui bill which entirely de
stioyed its one original feature. In these
amendments, the House concurred, thna sur
rendering its original ground, and die bill
r-.aased. Virginia may therefore be regarded
ah having been thoroughly reconstructed,
Ajcordang to tbe teteU cd most approved
radical plan. The mother of States aqjL of
Statesmen ia permitted to return to the
Union, not with the equal rights and privi
leges enjoyed by any other State n t the
equal of New York or Pennsylvania but
she returns to the nation il household in in
famy and in chains, w ith fundamental con
ditions to be performed by her which even
a radical Congress would not dare to impose
on any other State in the Union.
It is a sad spectacle and one that plainly
shows the unconstitutional and revolutiona
ry tendency of the radical paity. Grant's
advice is treated w ith scornful contempt, his
influer.ee with his party is of no avail, and
Virginia dpcnd for a lecngnition of her con
stitutional rights on the mere whim an-
caprice ol a set of political demagogues and
trading politicians. The radicals in Congress
have deliberately violated their most solemn
pledges, made to Virginia after the State
had literally complied with all the iniqui
tous demands of the reconstruction laws,
and they now stand before the country dis
honored and despised.
Horace Greety. who has some of the milk
of human kindness in his veins, and who
was opposed to keeping the word of promise
to the ear of Virginia, but breaking it to her
hope, speaks as follows in reference to this
duplicity on the part of his political friends
"n Congress :
"The House has adopted the Senate's per
verse action on the Virgin bill without
amendment. The terms on witch at length
Virnit ia is to be admitted were yesterday set
ton li in our columns, an l miy lie found again
to day embodied in the report of the proceed
ings. NVe do not eee.t 'o repeat that we deep
ly regret the resti't finally nt'iiinel at the end
of these weary weeks of dcbrle nnd recrimina
tion Consress prescribed eitain terms for
the admission of Virginia : the State complied
to the full with those terms ; Congress mm
prescribe- fresh tirnis! This is punUhing the
treason of Virgo ii in I -111 tv bad faith on the
pari, of Congress in Ib70 We do not believe
such a course to be st:item inship or even souml
p-Mtv nnlicv : nnd agar v-iting us is the wrnna
done Virginia, we bidiere slie will suffer less
from it. in the end than will the p:iriy th-it has
wrought it "
Sound Doctrine.
When the bill for the rrstoiation of Vir
ginia was before the Senate, Mr. Trumbull,
a Radical Senator from Illinois, ably and
eloquently advocated her free ard untram
melled admi-pion. But his argument was
unheeded it was "throw ing pearls btf. re
swine." The following txtract from his
speech contains the broad views of a states
man, not of the school of inipracticables, like
Sumner, Wilson and Drake, but of oue who
has studied and understands the constitution
of his couutry aud the nature of its govern
ment :
"Now, it is proposed to do what? To
i mi pose what are called fundamental condi
tions of a political character, subsequent
conditions of a political character to be per
formed by the Slate. Can you d that ? It
seems to me not; and why? The States
which formed this Union were co-equal
Statei-. Dock any body controvert that piop
osition? They w-rre co-equal States when
this Union was funned. Congress has au
thoiity to admit new Slates into the Union.
Into what Union? A Union ol c-tqual
States. There is no autlinrity to admit
States into any other Union.
"New States," says the Constitution,
"tnay be admitted by the Congress into"
what ? "This Union V
What sort of a Union was it? It was a
Union of coequal States because they were
ad equal w hen they formed it. It is into
"this Union" that Congress has authority to
admit States, and Congress has no authority
to admit States into any other Union. You
have a d.ff-ient Union if you have a Union
of Unequal States. I deny that Cougress
has any authority to impose a fundamental
Condition upon the State of Virginia, or up
on ary other State formed out of new terri
t 'iy, or any of these reconsti ucted States,
that it cannot impose and enforce upon the
State of Idinois. If the C- ngres if the
United Slates can say that Vnginii siiail
never alter her Constitution in icgard to
I'hm! matters, to which the Constitution of
the United States has no application, then it
can do it in regard to 1 linojs. I deny that
it car. do it in regard to either ; and it it
could you have a TJnin of unequal States,
and you never couid maintain such a Union.
It would be a destruction of the government.
The States of '.his Uuion must be equal in
all their rights as members of the Federal
Union, or you cannot preserve it. Such is
the Constitution ; such is the language of the
acts by which new States have been admit
ted ; and though I have voted fov the ad
mission of States here with conditions im
posed, 1 have done it because I was iu favor
of Ihe admission of the States, and a majori
ty of the Senate insisted upon imjosing the
conditions which in my opinion, were of no
validity whatever.
Therefore. I have been in favor of the
simple resolution recognizing the State if
Virginia as entitled t representation, and I
have voted against all amendments to it. I
Voted against the amendment offered by the
Seuator from Vermont (Mr. Edmund;) and
amended on the motion of the Senator from
West Virginia (Mr. Willey). which required
the meui tiers of the L-gis-lature of Virginia
to take a certain oath and imposed penalties
for falsi sweating. I did not do that because
I was opposed to the F iirtcenih Amend
ment. I voted f r the Fourteenth Amend
ment. I am in favor f its enforcement. I
have reported a bill making it a penal of
fense to violate it, and I am ready to pass
that bill ss a general law. But when we
by act declare the State of Virginia entitled
to representation in Congress, and thereby
make her one id the States of the Union,
equal with ail the others. I do not think this
Congress should pass a law making that a
cn'me in the State of Virginia which is not a
crime in the State of Massachusetts or the
Mate of Illinois. I am not w illing to make
that a ciinie ;n any other State that I am
not w i'ding to vote upon my own State. I
am opposed to that p&rt.al legislation ; and
while I am for a general law, did not f.ivor
putting that provision on this bill ; but. sir.
I shall vote for the bill nevertheless. I am
so anxious to see Virginia and all these St ites
restored that I am willing to vote for the
bill when the Senate put conditions on over
my vi te if I think those conditions are iu
operative or of such a character as are not
fatal to the measure itself.
JJow, sir. I apjieal to the Senate to recog
nise Virginia as entitied to representation.
She has done all that she can. By more than
two hundred thousand votes she has adopted
her Constitution, with only nine thousand
against it. Her candidates for Governor, of
l th parties, ask to be admitted ; the loyal
men of the State ask to be admitted ; and it
is due to these people, who have complied
with all your requisitions, that you should
now comply on your part, and at once ad
jr.it that State to full representation in C-n-
gress. nnd to a full participation in all the
privileges of this great government. Sir. I
m.ike this appeal in behalf ol justice, iu be
half of the material interests of the country,
in behalf of the loyal men of Virginia, w hom
Governor Wells represents, end. as I believe,
in behalf of nineteen-twentieth of all her
people. give no heed to these unknown
letter-writeis ; and I give no heed to these
charges of a fraudulent election, because 1
rely upon the tfikhd reports of the Com
manding General ; I rely upon the supervi
sion of the President of the United States,
who has looked over this whole matter, and
who lias entrusttd its execution to efficient,
loyal and faithful officers, and who tells Us
that Virginia has complied w ith all the leqii
sitions that we imposed upon her. If you
must put other conditions upon her. so be it;
but in any event let us pass the bill.
Our Slarrisbuig Letter.
HaKKisbi ro, Jan. 31. 18T0.
Deor Freeman S.nce my hist th Legis
latino has bet-n trxing to ;el settli-d d..wn
to bu.-inei-s, and inasmuch as the Iltcxtrd and
provision for postage h.ive been pretty defi
nitely settled, they will certain'y tec down
to the work nxt week. Notwithstanding
the tff utsof Beigner and his friends to re
lieve the treasury .f a portion of its funds
for the publication of what they term a Leg
islative Record," and it is generally believed
the arguments were very strong from the
fact that the Senate iudtfiuittly postponed
the resolution of the select committee to rati
fy the contract, and the next day reconsid
ered the vote and passed it, the indications
are that the Recvid is a "dead cock in the
pit." Jut what the inducement to change
the votes of certain gentlemen in so short a
lime were, I am not able to say. and it is
not likely the public will be enlightened on
the sul j-cl for a few days at least. It i as
much it a mystery as the tlcciion of Irwiu
fur State Tieasurer.
The II :ii.-e held a special session on Thurs- I
oay to eousii.cr the same resoluti n, when a
number of gentlemen unbosomed themselves
on the su'. j et some for and some agnins-t.
Yi u will cuuclude from the v.te (10 avis to
7G nay) that the pressure wasnY, vi strong
in the liouse. Among the advoOi tjs of the
measure was Mr. booth, or Dauphir, who
is a new man, but who has gained quite a
reputation for buncombe and not an envia
ble one for anything. I would jiidge from
his speech on t!;e Ileeord that his memory
won't fail soon. The resolution to ratify
the contract was loot aud a motion torecnu-t-ider
the v-jte was also lost. This w id cer
tainly dispose of the job for this session.
White the vote waj being taken on .this
resolution a number of gentletnt-n. as their
nanus wtie called, gave their leasons for
voting as they did. The Speaker reminded
them that it was a constitutional right the
members possessed to have their reasons for
voting enttred on the record.
The House adopted the resolution appro
piiitiiig one hundred dollars to members aud
cUrksou postage, but the venei able Senator
couldn't see th necessity fur the stamps
and failed to coucur so goes the stamps.
Ii 'Cord, &c.
Thus tar all resolutions providing for the
pubiicatiou of the reports of heads of de
paitiuents, messages, etc.. have been defeat
ed by the lloiie some of them as often as
three times. Nevertheless, the Senate has
passed a bill to repeal so much of the ap
propriation bill ot last year as prohibits t he
publication of these reports, but it is scarce
ly pos.-ib!e for it to j;et through the House.
It issliongly insiuuited that certain parties
who have been iuteiesled in I he State print
ing for a number of years, and who have
lattly elected a magnificent printing house
in this city, are engineering this measure
through with what success time will tell.
The House can't well pass this biil aud re
main consistent.
His Excellency gave a recept;on on Thurs
day evening which was largely attended aud
very generally enjoyed. Everything was
"ineiry as a marri.-ige bell."
A resolution providing for the final ad
journment of the Legislature on the 17th of
March was passed by the Senate, but has
not yet been reported by the Committee of
Ways and Means, to whom it was nferrerf
in the House. The general impression is
that an adjournment will uot be eff.-cted to
early.
I hear a number of members complaining
that their r- n.-ii u-nts are w riting t- them for
the li-cord and other public d.cnments. and
remindii g them that their predi-cessois had
furnished them la.-tyear. They should re
member that ht y-ar there whs, h Record
and Repoitofall the Departments publish
ed, while this year there is r.o documents ol
any description, nnd no provi.-don in regard
to postage even if there vere. If I was ad
vising them as to how they could keep post
ed I would tell them to subscribe for the
Horning Patriot printed here every day. as
it furnishes the proceedings of the Legisla
ture and cives all general news besides. -
Mr. Dailey, of Philadelphia, read in place
on Wednesday a bill increasing the Juris
diction of the District Gurt at Johnstown.
It has been referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary L'ical and will be considered by
them on Thursday next, when I suppose
we may look for a number of distinguished
Cambrii ns in the city. Among tbe acts
passed this wiek was "An Act to repeal the
third section of an act relating to Judicial
Sales and the preservation of the lien of
mortgages, approved Merch 23d, 1857."
Tub Cjiii.drks'k Ih uu We notice that
the pubbsheis of this beautiful magazine
have offered special terms to Day and Sunday-Schools
; ami we iearn that it has al
ready beeti introduced into manv day-school
as a leading-book. The freshness, interest,
purity, thoughtful earnestness, and liih
moral tonn of the "Hour" render it partic
ularly valuable for this purpose. Teachers
cannot but find its influence on their schol
ars beneficial in a high degree. We can
well imagine how almost imperceptibly its
beautfu! lessons, read, with each monthly
visit, in our schinils. would tako the place
of authoiity, and so raise the moral tone of
the children as to make dircipline easv.
We hope each teacher who read thi will
send for a specimen number of "The Chil
dren's Hour" and examine it careluUy.
The yearly subscription is Si 25, or eleven
copies for $10. The special terms to schools
are exceedingly liberal. They are as fol
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$25 ; 50 copies. $40; 100 copies, $75. Ad
dress T. S. Arthur & Sons. 809 & bl I Chest
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ing monthly, published by C H. Turner &
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tive prizes for 1870. upon the follow jug con
ditions: For the eleven best essays $1,500
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Local Con eupoudence.
Johnstown, Jan. 8', 1870.
Dear Freeman There is some talk here
that the Rolling Mill has stopped for want
of a market for rail iron. It did stop tem
porality, but we think for repairs only.
Congress spends its time legislating on a
much harder subject lhau either iron or sUel.
and still runs the "nigger" up in the scale
ol moral ideas." Our idea is that there
will, before long, be a wonderful revolution
in ublic seutitueut and that the "negro"
will be loathed by the veiy party that has
so long petted and patted him. At any rate
lwtarij" as dead as the Cardiff giant, ami,
right or wrong, it will never be, ree-ui rected.
We have jtiat read that Pi entice the
witty, sarcastic, intellectual Prentice is
dead. Many a noble cause did he advocate
muuy a feaiiul battle did he fight and
many an antagonist has he slain. We sup
pose his mantle may as well fall upon us as
on any other, as he has ceased to be Pren
tice here, and lias become an "enteied Pren
tice" in the premised land. Wi.l McShane
object ?
It is thought that Congress will abolish
the Fiaitkn Privilege as tiu-y have 6o long
practiced deception. If they do, it will be
lor the sake ot consistency, uot reform.
Mr. William Orr, whu has buried about
three thousand persous iu fifteen years, met
with a sad accident last week or at least
hie he-iise did. Ao he was passing through
Couemaugh borough, the wheels ot the hearse
went dowu deep mlo a rut and jolted to
hard that the coffin was thrust agaiust the
glass of the hearse, sma.-hing the thick glass
to a thcusaud pieces, The. hoarse cost near
a thousand dollais. He talks of suing the
borough tor damages. We caw him iu search
of another glass.
W e have had a remarkable January in
deed so reiuamable us to be the subject of
comment by the oldest inhabitant, aud it
deserves to be recorded as such. It has been
often sai 1 of Maich that it came in like a
I lion ami went out like an old tice. So Jan
uaiy came in as extiaoruinai ily as Andy
Johnson and tveut out as iguouiiuioUsly as
Uet Budtr!
Wk never knew that Henry Ward Beech
er wassjgod looking, tiil the other day,
wl.eii we iiccioeulaily saw his likeness in
the Police Guzttle. No wonder that he at
tracts so mutli alleulioii in Gotham, where
he is known, not only as a Becchci, but as a
son if a Beech er !
J'nat dcient-e ol Edwin M. Stanton, pub
lished in i.ur last isi-ue, is, we fear, t-jo
JJlack to while-U his political character,
and as to his moral thai acier. we thiuk noth-
t
ing should be said against the dead.
Our salcon keepeib aie iu great distress
about ihe condition of the nveis. They
will have to go it b'iud, it they do uot miuD
get eyes ('cej, or at le 1st their ice-cream i?a
100ns win become tce-olated next summer.
Hon. D.J. Moiieil presented a petition
iu C ngress from 45 citizens of Cambria
county iu tavor of abolishing the Franking
pnvilege. hat a sidy movement ! Cam
bria county has about forty thousand mhab-
itants. ii.i n or Ii ss. nf u Imhii i n I V fintv.fi vt I
appear to tie iu fvor of a measure tnat all
1 , , i i. i i) - .i i
would endorse. Laud Bnai ms strikes !
j. ou a ui iiv. ic-ui oocici y w.h 1110; u iiiumiui
rail ball in Union Hall, on February 22J.
It is t:mo that every one should know that
the b.rthday of vashington comes ou the
Th. 'r.,...v..r..;.. Sl.itt, Ii 1,, u
ay ot Washington
21st now, if not the 2uih. Uy giving i
bap year every four ycais we leap ttni far.
and j.ain eighteen houisevery hutuiied years,
ai d this time amount to more than one day
since the tiirlh ol astung'on. j
Through the politeness of Mr. Leopold j
Mayer, t lie great dry goods merchant here, !
we were invitc-d to htar the iuimmutable j
Peak Family of Swiss Dell Lingers." on
Saturday night, and we do unhesitatmgl y !
say that it was the most talented pud refined j
performance ever given outside of our large j
cities. Johnstown never saw its equal, i
either as an exhibition of musical skill or
high social cuniue. The Opera Hou.-e of1
Johnstown has been greatly honored by their
presence and their choice of a place.
There have beeu meetings of all kinds here
lately. The churches have had religious re
vivals, the United Uieihreii a conference,
the Siss Bell Uingers two exhibitions ; aIs-i
lectuies, seve-rjl balls, and various either en
tertainmeuts, which has made the place
quite lively.
The Johnstown Literary societies, two in
number, have lieu greatly troubled for a
yeai or to back, with hydro cepholus. or
wufer on the brain. Time was wneu the old
st cieiy.in its younger yeais and more healthy
condition, was quite a bri.-k institution, hut
its old members have fallen off, and the
fungus excrescence that giew in their dac
is decidedly weak and ualtrg ! We under
stand these societies have had no meetiugs
lately.
We would advi-e some of our neighbors
who buy milk from the wagons that is
some wagons to take the advice that St.
Pant gave to Timothy, and "drink no l inger
water."
There is to be a "Co operative Lie brary
association" here. The lawyers are all stock
holders by natural as we'd as acquired right,
but more btock is wanted, and we hope the
matter will go a head Success in this would
be a God send to our ZtZe-ary societies.
It. B RT.
Ai-tooxa City, Jn. 31 . 167;).
Faiesn Mac There is nnv amount of local
news this week, the particulars ol which are
decidedly rich," t use it common rxprcsion,
but they are of a rharactir more befitting the
columns ol the Podce ti.tzeite than those of a
respectable iiewpnt tx like the Freeman. I
may lemaik. howctcr', that notwithstanding
the high social position and moral pretcii.-ions
ol wime wui.M be gentlemen lureawiM, t-ioy
arc subject to as coriupt passions and are just
us apt lo i rod the path of sin as the ra inv men
among us lu possess less of those carthlr
riches which are deemed so inseperable from
respectability its at present constitute.!. The
guilty ones iu this in-t .t.ctj are of that class
which is generally denominated the "'upper
crust," and although, by reaeon ot their rao
kksbioxs, their evil dob gs are always prod tie
live ol the greatest scandals and ni t demur
aliz'iig vfiecis, these lespectable (?) sinners are
never without friends to excuse and palliate
their crimes, if i.ot to champion their cause.
How very different ia the tesult when a poor
unf'ortuna e like Maggie Campbell or a com
mon sinner like Arthur O'Neill nre the actors
in such sinlul trai sactins! Then the moral
sense of the entire community is shocked and
the u liversal cry i t h ive the guilty parties
arrested and penished, so that our laws may be
vindicated and the peace and virtue of the
community protected and kept untarnished
The (tood Will' boys propose to hive a
grand calico dres ball on the 'Jid of February
a day which w as once held 8 acred and dulV
honored tor its as ociations, b t which is now
scarcely noticed, owing no doubt lo the fact
that so many 'second Washing-ons" have
risen up of late that the first Washington has
been cast entirely ic the shade. But I said
that the Good Will Fire Company intend to
have a ball, and It is to be i calico ball tlntt
is, calico will be the recognized standard of
dress goods. The fire laddies know how to
make everybody happy on sucb occasions, and
I hope there will be an abundance of p'easui-e-seekers
to enjov their hospitalities on the 22J
The Catholic Ladies' Bazaar bids fair to
be the grandest af fair of the kind that has
ever been held in this city. The good ladies
who are "pushing on the column" are sparine
neither trouble nor expense iu the effort to
make tbe Bazaar what it should be m source
of innocent pleasure and pastim to the public
Mid a roi-.sing benefit to the good cancc it i
cYsigned to aid. May it prove a great succes!
Quite a spirit f religion has been awakened
among our people, nnd nearly all classes out
side of a certain learned profeion have e
come interested in the good woik and re mix
iouslv inquiring whet they shall do to be saved
The '"Church of God," under ihe pastoral care
of Rev. Pugnu. is nightly crowded Vuh peni
tents who seem desirous of finding grace.
The Herman C itholics of this city deirn to
build qniie nn extensive ndditi n to ihei.- fine
church in the early siring. The mpUly in
creasing membership of the church has reti
tiered an en!argcment of this kind necessary.
General Sews Items.
A severe earthquake occurred at Vir
ginia Civ. Nevada, on Saturday.
II. R Revels, colored S-nator elect
from Mississippi, has at rived in Washington.
The late Rev. Father Dunn, of Phila
de? hia. gave in chatity during his life the
whole of his income.
The BrH kville J ffersonian announces
the deah of a voting man in that county,
named Robert Teadly. from injuries received
by the falling of a trie.
A kerosene lamp exploded on Monday
in the house of Nicholas Bliss. Buffalo. Mr.
and Mrs. Bliss were burned seriously and
their two children latally.
The chances are that the censns of 1870
will be taken under the old law. Better this
than have a fresh supply of hungry leeches
fastened upon the public treasury.
On Ihe morning of the 20th ult. John
M'D nough and Jacob Muitick ere instant
ly killed in the Oxford cool mineB near
Scrardon, by the falling rf th roof.
Robert Miller, of Shinpensburg was
killed last week by a tree falling on him.
and Robert Ford, colored, was severely, if
not fatally injiued by a tree which he felled.
Seven men wre fr zen to drath in are
cent storm between Pembina and Fort Aber
cromhie. Dakota. On Sunday week the ther
mineler at F. rt Abercrombie maiked 35
degrees he'-ow zpro.
1'ihn Dresham. of AsVland. Schuylkill
conntv. last week undertook to ki:l bis wife,
and after being arrested attempted to kill
the i istice who committed him. He was in
fir killing som-bndv.
Senator Hiram R. Revels, whom sme i
of the Mississippi papers irreverently call a j
thousand dollar darkey." ha reached j
Washington, and is the guest of Mr. D wn- i
ing. the eminent black oystrrman. lliri.ni
is to prrsent his credentials this wek.
A new disease has broken out in New
York. It i-i called trn relapsing fever, is
i i r- v.... i . :.. .v,;..
I K,OA" ln. '"-""T'". u'? ",'7'"?,1
country lor me nrst nine, n is i"irm, m
its svmtitnms. hut not necessarily fatal.
A suspension of woik in the construction
and steam oneinering departments of the
New York. Philadelphia and Portsmouth
) lHVy irt.i.J- I. A? I'tii .... .......
! tl. ....... . ..f en. mi nl rwr.r P-flftO tm rciirw
llirnw i iji ii rii'li-'i"" in "v" -..- -
The Dan ville Intelligencer reports a heart
rending accident at that p'ace on Saturday
afternoon last, of two little hoys being burnt
to death, in the pile where the hot cinders
from the Pennsylvania Iron Furnace are de-
pometi. .
hVv. S'mon M- Tjandis. M. D.. Pastor
" ' , r-u n u-
n' ' ' first progressive in is.. ...i ....... ...
!....,.,. , . 1 . -
I Wphi was lecently sentenced to the
j ronUrnt inry for ver d;rg r.l.scene bor.ks. Ihe
I I'mgressive Chr.Bta.n Levertnd progressed
nsfiiiishinl
1 . ... " : . . . i. wi.. i .,1 .. mnJA
-em ouniiay last ine umic ....-. umu
their appearance for the first time this year,
and farmers in IViks have been ploughing
lands in many parts of the county, which
has not been done in Pennsylvania at this
season of the year for many years, if ever
before.
A large Feman military demonstration
took place at Bnffilo on Saturday night, and
the first of a seiies el mass meetings w a-
held, at which the Administration atiWash-
ington was denounced f.r not demanding the
re'easeof Irish-Americans confined iu Kng-
li.-h prisons. .
Three thousand cotton spinners in Lan -
I 'ISJ i.C. X..i.I.J.i, rt.i-i.i. . . ..... -
the workmen aie discontented. Here labor
ers are beginning to f.t-1 the iron grip of cap
ital, upheld by partial laws. There will yet
be a death struggle between the men who
earn and the men who spend.
George W. Crawf.ird. of Scioto county.
Ohio. 15 years old. stands six feet one inch
high, mea.-ures around the shoulders three
feet and eleven inches, forty-one inches a.
r.-und the chest, forty-two inches around the
i - . i - i i i - . .... : .1..
hips, weighs me hundred ami e'ghty-tight
pounds, ami wears a No. 10 boot.
A short time sine, in Crawford county.
Mo.. Mr. W. W. married the eldest daugh-
tor of Mr. L. l) . and Mr. L D. rra iied the
eldest daughter of Mr. W. W. According
to the laws .if consatiguinitv. what relation
will the children . f i nch hoiivehold bear to
the other, and what will be the status of the
parentage ?
A few days ago Mr. Gabriel B Eldred.
of Su-quehanna cuutrt wrote to Governor
Geary stating that tho then prothonotary of
the county was dying, and asking the ap
pointment to the flice when death actually
recurred. The j rothonotary is dead, and his
successor has been appointed, bui Eldred is
not the lucky man.
A man name ! Earsman. while going to
Ids home fr.m Washington. Illinois, to Deer
Creek, tin Tuesday'night last, froze to death.
He was going home in a wagon, with his
wife, somewhat intoxicated, and the woman
drove while fie tooK a nap in the bottom ot
. I . IX' i . 1 1 1 1 . I
the wasron. When they reached home he
was stiff and cold in death.
A new railroad is proposed to bts built,
to be called the Pennsylvania and S ulus
May railroad, connecting with the Lehigh
Valley railroad at Waverly. N. Y.. and run
nine through iietwetn the Gn.oa and Cau
ga lakes to Sod us Diy. on L ike Ontario. It
will establish a direct line from Outario to
Ihe coal fitrlds of Pennsylvania.
A fire in Towan.la. Saturday, con
sumed the entire bri k block occupied by
Powell & Co. .Tracy & Moore, dry g mrismcr
chants; II. N-dilo. wholesale and retail deal
ers in wines and liquors, together with the
office of the New York and Pennsylvania
Central Railroad Company, and other offices
aud shops. The loss :.s $225,000.
So long as John W. (ieary lives he will
continue to mike himself ridiculous by dis
playing his vanity and indulging in self lan
dation. At his reception, the other evening,
some one asktd him if he did not dance.
No." 8 i'ul his Excellency, '"I have not dan
ced since the war ; my legs are to full of bul
let hole." Comment would be utterly supei
fluous. The "Grand Army of the Constitution"
is the title of an organisation just tffected
in Ihe city of Brooklyn by Democratic sol
diers. Already eighteen G "nera's and a large
number of other officers have joined it. and
application has been made to open fourteen
encampments in the State. Hy the New
York dispatch it appears that General Kose
ly haa been elected Commander.
A new remedy is anonnced for the cure
of chronic lung disease. The patient is to
place the skin if a cat upon his chest everv
night. This remedy induces easier respira
tion, and finally clearsea the lungs. As
these patients require a fresh cat every day,
it follows that these animals will be in great
demand, and there will be a chance for some
expert Yankee to make a fortune by raising
catt. "
s
The Hartford Conravt ban news from
Robeit P. Keep, Consul at At hens, of I he lo
tal destruction by earthquake, on thr mor
ning of Dei ember 29. of the tow.i of Santa
Maura, on on -f the I .nian Islands of that
name. At the dale of the advices Jannaty
1 ten dead and fifty wounded men have
been taken from the mins. Not a house was
left standing. Th survivors slept iu the
open air or under tents.
The government at Washington is sud
denly dispensing wbh the services of bun
dteds i f woikmen employed in tho vetioiis
Navv vnrHs. Five hundred were turned
adrift at Bn-oklwi on Sstnn'ay. and thir
teen hundred at Charleston. There being
no ele Hons on hand in Nc-w York or Massa
chusetts, the services of those laborers are not
needed. Next fall, however., an immense
amount of work and votes will be required.
A man named Baker Armsrong. a citi
zen of Tennessee, was shot nnd killed during
the n hellion, while lying wounded in his
mother's arms, by a man named T. L. Jack
son One day last week a man named
Jacksoc. answering th discriptioa of the
murderer, was arrested in Polk county,
where ihe murder was committed, and was
identified' by Mrs. Armstrong, and while
being taken to prison was shit and killed by
Anderson Armstrong, a brother of Jackson's
victim.
It appeats that great complaint is made
at the Briti-h Legation ol the wart ol a
proper civility on the part of the Imperial pling to or addies-ing P. H. SHIELDS.
President towards I'rince Arthur, in the
monarchies of Europe it is the invariable
custom for sovereigns to call in person upon
any prince of the bhvd royal wh may visit
their capitals, and the r.f gleet to do so by
the Executive who represents the sovereign
fy of the country is v;eed as an act with a
studied meaning. The Legation al.-o feel j Ii. quest will he held at tl
that the declination to dine at the Embassy 1 tne deceased, in UamUri,
was a purposed discourtesy.
During the past eighteen months sixty
five new blast furnaces have ten erected in
j fifteen diffi-rent States, nnd it is probable
j that a f w mor could be f und in West Vir
! ginia, and perhaps l-ome in the far West.
! Thr re r fifty-eiht ni rekt own to have
I been r j-oted. renly all f which will be
I built during the coming yenr. ami the most
! of which are in the we-1. Of the sixty-five1
'i .... , . vi i.i:.
mint orr ng in- pa-r jea- ami a niu ininv
one are in the Mississippi vallev. some of j
which are h largest ever erecr-n in any
country. It is snppn.-od that li O00.OCO t- n
of pi ir'"n were produced iu this country
dming the past year.
Tde Gbkat Tornaio Singit-'ar Phe
nnmena. 11- tVrring to the rec nt torti':d i in
Tetine.-see. the Gallatin Examiner tf Janua
.... Oi I 1 1. 0 ..... - Tl.u rA-i. i,f llwi U-ii..l M
-. ... " ( rP .1 ...i l -L..1 . ! .liar'ni Ward, .Ld-earu IMiCii, t alrickll,;
i u-oi ui.ri ir i int. .rtiiiu srr hiiu uji'mih a. r. ... , , , .. ,
, , , , . Vr. Win Oientwortn, mil etliera cnti
ii iirin iii wr n lilt? p fnipni s s iir -ii 1 i-ti
a sight which t ever ran fride from their
memories. The sky was n.t crowded with
thick, impenetiable clouds. f..r the "strug
liug moonbeams' misty light" lit up occa
sionaly tlie f.ce of the earth. and the lagged
fib'fd cldii.ls in confused j-enaiate masses
j .idtd through the heavens bke broken
ma-ses of armed battalions of men dashing
wildly over the field of battle. The light
ning i xibited equally as singular phenorne-
i- it ri. ii
1 J
j lrll!.e M.ltklittfIl as llie eyes be
; wiUl ,iie bniliancy oftheb.lt.
Mltl)ll;l. m(1Mlills. For long
na. urdinaruy a oiaze is i.uioweu oy an iu-
became blinded
but n-t so on
iiihmtes the
whole firmament was ablaze witn a soft, al
most v'u l.t colored lint which ieneotd every
..l. .-. a? ..l .in ou ot rwu.rtil-iw TliA lfttfU .if
v i irv t iniii a. n. in. iii ? ................. i.. 'i l
the northern ridee. t which the writer was LndCi.esi 1 uwiis.upa
- I t 1 - i 1 . . 4-1
gazing. sliN.).l out IK ooi'l reliei. tne trees oi
the f rst, even, appearing as d;stit ctly a
though but a few hiunlrcd yards distant.
The earth almost set n ed in a stte of repose
j nieiw fc,i ve, the tii ge of the aurora
j t,..realis. vivid contrast to tbe w i!d, mad
j rjdj,, careering clou Is owr head hearing
j Struct ion in their bosom. Ben. ath it wa-a
; f xe wand of an enchanter had been waved
j OVer earth, commanding peace and beauty
and light above as though the furies and Imr-
j u g were car(,uir.e in wild orgies. This
i isirange mail nesirti n.n if j jert i ru iiiuir tu.tu
once before the cessation of the storm.-
The latest dispatches from Jenkins, at
Washing'on. read to this effect ; Priuce Ar
thur arose this morning at eleven minutes
past seven. Cntrary to his usual habit, he
put on his binds before getting into his pan
taloons. Seven minutee later, after having
siiecesi fu'lv accomtdished his ablutions, he
; passt.,j rapid !v from the washstand to the
! r . . . .
toilet table, where he experienced great dif
ficulty in making the curl over his forehead
hang properly, owing to the cantankerous
inlilR.,)Ct.s ,.f"the Washington atmospK
j u ,,Uckered his lips for a 'd n."
I ti,liau f iXA mother and held in. Elpl
sr-here.
but
E'phin-
stone heloed him on with his coef , and Fi'z
roy tied his cravat. He put three to thpicks
in his vest pocket, and, being told that soft
boiled egg? would constitute a portion of the
morning meal, concealed an extra handker
chief beneath his coat tails The patty de
scended to breakfast at precisely three min
utes and fifteen seconds tj eight Elph in
stone xhistliing "Shoo Flv."
What $30 000 Wiix Do. The rhiladel-
I phia Evening Star says that a wealthy lady
( i mat city nas oneieo a young mar,
000 to marry her daughter. The strangest
part of the story is that the young man
never saw the young lady, and is required to
abando.i her forever, immediately after the
marriage ceremonv. We will engage to fur
' . . . . . .
nitdi the young man fo- half the sum. and
will give a guarantee that there will not be
any hesitation about the abandoning part
of the business. We think we could also
count on getting Mess-s. Frothingham and
P.eecher to perform the ceremony ; Mr.
Greely to endorse it in the Tribune, Mrs.
Calhoun to stand ready to intensify the s-cene
by her ''clear tinging voice" and "thrillint:
presence," and have Sam Sinclair board
them after his own peculiar fashion.
Information Waxtkd. Mrs. Geotge
Lewis, now rtsidiug in De'aware township.
Mercer county. Pa., (post flice address. New
Hamburg. Mercer county, Pennsylvania),
desires to learn of the residence of her broth
er named I tees Mynich, who came from
Wales about one jear ago to this country.
She left Wales in October. 18C9. to meet
her husland. who had preceded her to this
. 1 . . : . e . . I
country, out on arriving nere louna mat lie
had been killed from the falling of a tree in
the month of October, 13G9. Mrs. Lewis is
in destitote circumstauces. and is anxious to
learn the whereabouts of her brother, and
desires the newspapers of the Country to pub
lish this notice.
Adam Ruff. If this should meet the eye
of Adam Ruff ("or any person acquainted
with bitn), now about twenty-two years of
age. w ho left home in Au2u-.t. 18U7. tdnce
when nothiug has been hard of him. a line
addressed to his father John G. Ruff. Easton.
Ph., will tend to allay the mental suffering
of a pareut. Papers please copy.
Tnic Little Corporal for February.
Pure, crisp, and brilli int; as usual, full of
all the fiesh juices of Young American life.
It grows better and better. No boy or girl
should be without it. One dollar a year,
when it is worth double that amount. Pub
lished by Alfred L. Sowell & Co., Chicago,
IHinoit.
lly nam-l DmiMi- ,
Somerset towns
captured an eae. which the shnrrsh
of that section have h.UiT beon Hf,er "'l'"1
capture.) it by p'acing ois-,n on 'p ' "
upon which it fed. After M,t,kine
poisoned n.eat. i-.flew t n ,,
from which in a short time it p.') t 1
ground, m-.d when Miss D "naMsori rrJ
the spot, she l. tind it dead. It rr.f j. T
overeteven feet from tip to t ip .,f wjnn"
weighed over twelve pounds. t'u
D
ISSOLIJTION. Th
partner.,;.,
here dore exi-iii g hctvn iV.-
signed in the manufacture .ni le r,f j
HKK. under the firm nme nl CcNiGnA i
SToNtnicK. has this Way heen ni-w.iri,
mutu d cons-em The tuisir.e wi;i heClp.
ou by Owtx Ccxmnuiiam. 1,0 ii antW,!!
to settle all a. counts. l
OWE X CUNNISr.niy
JAMES STONEBEl'k
Ebensbnrg. Jan. 2S, 1C9. 0t
HOTEL PROPERTY in LOKEm
FOR SALE 1 he uinipr. 'J
under
si.ned offers tor sale his e!l
known and desirable
TAVEUX STASO,
-. i ii.i . ...
SI
I rt - ......
a commooious Sial It-. Ice House, Warehn'c"
Cistern, &c The House W in gno.j tt., t '
Tcrni will be made eav. If i,t snM
won 'i me itces-eiry ouonnl iin
M t. 1 r..l. , . .
Further information can be obtain.! v..
Loretto, Feb lc7j tf.
6 T I 0 E IN I A Ii T IT 1 0
T Tl . I 1 t
o t iiuui.1.- ivuurriK, wnose w lir-r.,i-.
i- i;i, Known, anu iiooeri Kooern li'eoi'f,
Orleans, heirs and lcg:d repr sennit ,
. . ...... 1 t i . . r . . --
oria e-ountr. ueee iseu : i k nonce thit ..
ie lari' reoidn- i'
town-fun e'.n-
county, t ennsyivania. on Satcrdat, rut i"-?
rjT ok r uBKCAr.y. at 1 o"e-!ok, j., m.. Urti
purpo-e of making partition of the re.l t,-Xl
oi saio ueceaseu to ami among Ins l;e.rj
lepal lepreseiitatives, if ihe same cin be.'i ;
wi'houl prejudice to or spniliag ihe
other isc tovilufland pprai-e thePtme ;
w! ich time and phiee you are rrq-iti eJ to t
tend it' you think t rj-r.
JOilN A BLMR. Si,.v
Sheriff's Office. Khensburg, Feii.rt. l:V
IIEHIFF'S SALE Uy virtue
writ of Al. Fi. Ta. P. Vend. Kxixn.i.
out ot tne court o; Common He;i,iaCrC
county. Hi d ta tne ''irecte i, thr-ewili ti
Kised to Public Sile. at tfie O-Jiirc II m i:
Khen.-burg. on U'ep.visrar, t.ie Q'.ia i j
Fi kki'akt Mir, at J( o'clock, a. m . tde -
lowiug iCeal hst.ue. Vj wit : All llie rijht, :
tie and inteiest "I Wni. K Can, of, i,, KU ;.
piece or panel of Hud situate in S iimiicr,
iowiislii.i, Cambria county, adj "ini
:lll-N
115 Ai res, n.'re or les, ab ut u Acr-s .
liic:i are cir.iiei mw mine oci'iin.rt;
Win. Ii. Oarr Taken in exeeii.ion unj
so!d at the sn'.t of M.s. Levmia B.ou, L.t
for use of Robert L J dmi.ni, K-q.
JOHN" A. rtL.IU,hr:i
blienn s Ulnee. tnensnnrg. no. a, i-, i.i
J O T ILE OK APPEALS A(
fiotn tbe Asse-smeiUs fur l?7u::l
held at the Cflice of the Count Cjuii;
ers. in Eben-bnrg ns follows:
Ffbrvakx 21?t For Carroll Toircs!.;
Ciirroillown ami LtuMisourg r. (nj'ih
FtDKCAiiV I Tor Johnstown, .'iw.ir
Cot e-nnuih, vi ward-,) E.st I'oiiem.iuh.lI.J
lil'e. Pro pecf. and rranklm Eoruu;1
Fkbiiuaky iJ.'id For Cootier-.iaie Bonir
and Aileuhenv. Cambria, Muiis'et. liji-k i.i I
Fib. c.AHT ii4ih Clearfield. 0-nm::.
Crovle, liichlaiiu and Summerhiii Towl-
and C.mtiria Ib rough
Ft BitACT t!5ih. Chest Sft ii. L-o
and Giliitzin, J.iekson, Sasuehaiiuiii, la;
acil i odcr I otvnshii'S.
March 1st Loretto, S-.irainitvi:!e ssd '
more Uoroufjli and Wasliiiit.iu and Vol
Tow uslnps.
JOHN A. KENNEDY. )
M AU IU CE M N A M A KA Cjs's
JAM KS K. NE.VSO.N. )
Attest T J. Glass. Uerk. i:
r pill A I, LIST. (
JL trial at an Adjour
Cau-e set (ion t
ourned Court to cjZ'f
on Monday, FtB. 21st, !S70:
Fenlon vs. Puncaa
Black vs. Simpson.
Lantzy vs. CorJerhun tM-
Snyder vs. Byrnes.
Trainer ...vs. M Cabe.
McGonigle vs. Burk.
A. II. Ii. & Coal Co..t?. Oailaherft :
Swone vs. Flvnns.
I
Keith vs. Bower'.
tan: Vi. bowers sna-
Litzii.ger .vs. Lit:iner 3 A::'
Hodgtrs, for use, vs. Be-k.
Fry vs. A!c!if: r
Duncnu V3. I.ciiy's A.-t
Wibel. for use vs. Bvrre et al
rt
ir. ;
Storm vj. Leraon'3 Ai',r s ,
b'
McGarrity vj. Bnrom i 1
Oeis vp. Dir. root, e
Kring.... vs. Crook.
J K. HUE. FroO.i
Proth'ys Office, Ebens'-.ur?. J.n '
: r v.
M 1 Ii A ."M IJ L KM'1
NURSERY ASSOCIATE
l. O .IXO.V, ITCi t. I r- ! r-' ;
V n lh.n Tr.'r T. R Jens
- - .. i r. n r.-rti I
- - ..... .-, . - - - . p,
t'lumbtrtburg, Fraiik"" c""
The conductor of this etab!iiw':,:-";'
in" their ch irac:er and b'lsim"'' rf:
tion above transient con
determined to ir0i.
ch a quality of NURSCRY Sp-
shall give entire sati.-f.ici ":l "
Such
as
lon.eis. 1 hey cultivate n .
FRUIT TIIKES. fillAPK VIXKS SM'-L':"
ORNAMKSTAL TKKKS AM A"51'
IMSKS AXl UKCMXG n-STS
that are rrown bv the very bwt ?'u ; J
The underM-neJ hai been PP"
dent Agent at Johnstown 'or the ,c
... " - I' I ui .1 ill
icM
lisliment. Cataiocues supni.eu
. . . . ' ::..,t-iiti.
maliou lnruisbeU upyn aj'i'"-,,cr;
P.h 1 om J.,hr.stu;j
. ....... if,, t'r'-'l
i. ... f . I f.m.n. i-UWl'1
it wru oi ri.'. --"- ; ..-.p.
Court of Common P eas oi v -
. i .l.r- mi l I"? fI
anu i nie unce.e... ..- i ,u
I ublic Sale, at tne ri'M .,j
. .1. n.lllf I"
on SA I UKUAl , TI1K l -',"" ,. ;,,
xxt. at 2 o'clock, r . e ll"10
Estate, to w it : ,
aii 1. 1 iWlonr.il interest (
. . . . . i .. nf i-n)Utnlf i
Kinney, ol, in and to i"1 y f
rosnect iiorougn,
100 feet on Cen.re a venue, rum..
land of the Cambria Iron t emp- K'.
lot of Iternard keeian on er
Green or. the w e-d. having
. , l.,t- H...i.e. w.iti ua"-
.mil ' I
V, u i.,niPi01)- '
in the occupancy ot Juscpn o-" (Ji
it: execution and to be sold '
A young 1
?
e
Jr
-
5a
i
fed
5a
'er
jf
3U
ESI
H
f t
i
i
f
liran A: Harshbarcer. . ,n ?f I
.loHXA.EU'V
Kb:T'- rnr,.o r.tmiisliurg, J"- V-
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